Virginian683 wrote:
mobeewan wrote:
Cooley died from a gunshot wound to the back
Hear's hoping they don't call it murder because the guy was shot in the back. Personally I think all criminals, who have no honor, deserve to be shot in the back -- but the commonwealth's attorney may not see it that way.
Depends on whether the guy was trying to run away or still trying to fight or do harm.
While back-shooting is generally considered to be dishonorable, it really only refers to shooting somebody who isn't a threat and wasn't aware of your cowardly intentions.
In a real fight, one can think of many situations in which a guy can get shot in the back. Especially if he is attacking someone whom you are trying to defend. A Marine fighter pilot once told me that the best air-to-air kills aren't the ones where the pilots zoom around the sky like the Red Baron, seeing each others' eyes in a classic dogfight dual. The best ones are the ones where the other bastard never sees it coming, when you come at him from his blind spot and wack him so he can't shoot back.